• Planar

    Pronunciation

    Origin

    From Late Latin planarius ("relating to a plane"), from planum ("plane").

    Full definition of planar

    Adjective

    planar

    1. Of or pertaining to a plane.A planar projection of a three-dimensional object is its projection onto a plane.
    2. Flat, two-dimensional.
    3. (graph theory, of a graph) Able to be embedded in the plane with no edges intersecting.A complete graph with more than four nodes is never planar.
    4. (transistor chip, semiconductor devices) Having a flat profile, not etched into a mesa.

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